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Power Up Your Shade Sales Game

by Terry Coffey | July 21, 2025 | Draper At Home, Solar Control & Window Shades | 5 Comments

This week we’re powering up your competitive advantage with a special week launching more tools to help you get more sales! This special “Power Up” week features exciting, next-level window shade upgrades! We’re rolling out highly anticipated upgrades to some of our...

New Draper-Designed Chain Tensioner for Clutch Shades

by Terry Coffey | July 16, 2025 | Architecture/Green Building, Draper At Home, Solar Control & Window Shades | 0 Comments

Part of our overall Strategy as a company is to keep finding ways to get better: “We draw from deep expertise to continuously improve and hold ourselves to a standard of excellence.” An excellent example of that strategy hits the streets in the next few days in the...

Dream Big, Build Bigger!

by Terry Coffey | July 9, 2025 | Audiovisual Mounts & Structures, Draper Updates, Pro AV Integration | 0 Comments

That’s the message we took to InfoComm 2025 in Orlando and based on feedback from the show that message was delivered loud and clear! In order to focus attention on AV Mounts and Structures, this was the first time our InfoComm booth did not include projection...

Branching Out, Remaining Rooted: An American Manufacturing Story

by Terry Coffey | July 2, 2025 | Draper Updates | 0 Comments

It’s an American manufacturing story that begins with one man’s vision, a small local business, and a bicycle. Through the years, that vision grew and thrived, and the story developed into a multi-faceted tale of success and values held in the face of changing times....

Bond Bridge Pro Brings App Control to Draper, Draper At Home Shades

by Terry Coffey | June 25, 2025 | Architecture/Green Building, Smart Home, Solar Control & Window Shades | 0 Comments

Now you can enjoy the complete smart control experience thanks to our new partnership with Bond – and yes, there’s an app for that! We are partnering with controls company Bond to integrate motorized window shades into home control/automation systems through the Bond...

Curved Video Wall Project Takes Flight at Perot Field

by Terry Coffey | Jun 14, 2023 | Audiovisual Mounts & Structures, Digital Signage, Pro AV Integration

More and more airports are adding curved video walls for an immersive entertainment and information experience. “It creates an immersive experience when walking into the space,” said Alex Wade, Project Manager, Ford AV. “Enveloped by the imagery, it captures the...

Coming to Terms with LED Technology

by Grant Wylie | Jun 7, 2023 | Audiovisual Mounts & Structures, How-To, Pro AV Integration, Screen Technology

One thing many people find confusing about LED technology is the terminology surrounding it. Different manufacturers even have different terms for the same things. For example, an LED display is made of building blocks placed into an array of various sizes and...

At Draper, Thursday is Video Day

by Terry Coffey | May 31, 2023 | Draper Updates, External Videos

When it comes to Internet content, video is king. One of our most frequent content requests at Draper is video: product information, instructions, project profiles showing our solutions in action, and tours of various areas in our factory are very popular. So popular...

How to Communicate with Your Window Shades

by Terry Coffey | May 24, 2023 | Draper At Home, Residential Technology, Solar Control & Window Shades

As you begin the process of choosing window shades for your home, there are several choices you will be making. The most obvious, of course, are fabric style and color and how the shades will operate. One important choice you may not have considered is how to...

Four Things That Set the FlexShade ZIP Family Apart from Other Outdoor Shades

by Terry Coffey | May 3, 2023 | Draper At Home, Outdoor Living, Solar Control & Window Shades

Outdoor “zipper” shades are perfectly suited to creating outdoor living spaces that retain an indoor level of comfort. Mesh shades provide protection from insects and the elements while maintaining the natural views that make outdoor dining so appealing. And the...

TecVision: Ambient Light Rejecting Surfaces

by Terry Coffey | Apr 26, 2023 | Screen Technology

One of the most difficult challenges in projection is ambient light. Too much light in a space overpowers the projected light and causes the screen image to “wash out,” or disappear. The Draper TecVision line of high-performance viewing surfaces includes 5 different...

Come on – You Know We’re Your Favorite!

by Terry Coffey | Apr 19, 2023 | Draper Updates, Screen Technology, Solar Control & Window Shades

Over the past several years, Draper has received several product and company-level awards from many sources. Among our favorites were “Favorite Shading Company” and “Favorite Screen Company” in the rAVe Readers’ Choice Awards. That’s because they are voted on by...

TecVision White: Gain Boost

by Terry Coffey | Apr 12, 2023 | Pro AV Integration, Screen Technology

TecVision is our premium line of high-performance viewing surfaces with 11 different formulations. This allows you to take projection into more spaces than ever before. But sometimes it’s difficult to discern which ISF-certified TecVision surface is right for a...

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